Canada

The Somewhat Bedraggled US Dollar against the Euro, Yen, Canadian Dollar, Dollar Indices, and Soft Currencies like the Indian Rupee

by Wolf Richter • Jun 24, 2025 • 38 Comments

No longer the cleanest dirty shirt.

Who Held or Bought the Huge US Government Debt even as the Fed Shed Treasury Securities in Q1? An Iffy Situation

by Wolf Richter • Jun 20, 2025 • 41 Comments

Here’s who dumped and who bought over the years through Q1.

S&P’s US Manufacturing PMI Shows “Solid” Growth Powered by Jump in Domestic New Orders. Canada & Mexico PMIs Tank

by Wolf Richter • Jun 2, 2025 • 18 Comments

But the ISM Manufacturing PMI for the US shows contraction on declining new orders. The contradicting PMIs add to the confusing “soft data.”

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, April 2025: Single-Family & Condo Prices Drop to Multi-Year Lows, Driven by Toronto

by Wolf Richter • May 15, 2025 • 24 Comments

But some metros hit all-time highs. By Metro: Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg.

Foreign Investors Massively Bought US Treasury Securities in February: China, Japan, Canada, Euro Area, UK, Financial Centers, Taiwan, India, even Brazil

by Wolf Richter • Apr 16, 2025 • 81 Comments

Biggest increase since June 2021. And they mostly bought long-term Treasury debt. No major holder dumped.

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada, March 2025: Sales Plunge, Supply Surges, Overall Prices Drop to Multi-Year Lows, Driven by Toronto

by Wolf Richter • Apr 15, 2025 • 62 Comments

But in some metros, prices continued to spike. By Metro: Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Quebec City.

Status of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: Central Banks Diversify into Other Currencies and Gold

by Wolf Richter • Mar 31, 2025 • 114 Comments

The surge of the “nontraditional reserve currencies.”

Who Holds the Ballooning US Government Debt, even as the Fed and Foreign Holders Unloaded Treasury Securities in Q4?

by Wolf Richter • Mar 18, 2025 • 59 Comments

An increasingly important question in iffy times. Here are the holders as of Q4, who dumped, who bought.

Not Just in the US: Inflation Dishes Up Another Nasty Surprise in Canada, Throwing Further Rate Cuts into Doubt

by Wolf Richter • Mar 18, 2025 • 64 Comments

But it’s not in housing; it’s spread across much of the economy. And it’s not just the end of the temporary GST (goods & service tax) holiday.

Trade Deficit in Goods Worsens to All-Time Worst in 2024, Small Surplus in Services Rises, Overall Trade Deficit Worsens by 17%

by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2025 • 133 Comments

Goods deficits & Corporate America: Vietnam jumps to #3 on transshipments from China to dodge tariffs. Tiny Ireland jumps to #4 on trade invoicing to dodge US corporate income taxes.

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